Friday, September 25, 2015

AFC MA Ranking: Tajikistan eyeing Champions League

AFC announced the MA ranking in November 2014, using the October 2014 FIFA ranking for the NT ranking part of the formula. So should they announce a new ranking (possibly used to determine the allocations for the 2017 club competitions), Singapore are in for some bad news.

Here's how things stand after the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup.



Tajikistan replace Singapore in the top 24 - those are the associations eligible to receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League. Granted, Singapore received only a play-off spot for the 2015 and 2016 editions.

Best movers:

9 - Bhutan
5 - Syria, Hong Kong
4 - Tajikistan, Timor-Leste

Worst movers

-8 - Sri Lanka
-5 - Nepal
-4 - Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Macau

Rank - Association - Total - NT Point - Club Points - 2014  Rank

1 Korea Republic 87.290 25.178 62.113 1
2 Saudi Arabia 86.387 16.387 70.000 2
3 Iran 78.310 30.000 48.310 3
4 United Arab Emirates 71.993 20.953 51.040 7
5 Japan 71.933 24.836 47.096 4
6 Australia 65.605 24.196 41.408 6
7 China PR 61.725 17.283 44.442 8
8 Qatar 56.985 15.576 41.408 9
9 Uzbekistan 52.488 19.801 32.687 5
10 Kuwait 46.032 11.095 34.937 11
11 Iraq 40.561 16.899 23.662 10
12 Thailand 38.245 8.364 29.881 13
13 Jordan 33.507 14.851 18.657 12
14 Syria 30.733 12.077 18.657 19
15 Hong Kong 27.551 7.681 19.870 20
16 Vietnam 25.120 7.980 17.140 15
17 Oman 25.041 14.424 10.618 14
18 Indonesia 24.759 4.737 20.022 18
19 Bahrain 23.301 12.077 11.224 16
20 Malaysia 23.242 4.737 18.505 22
21 Lebanon 19.043 8.578 10.466 17
22 India 17.142 5.462 11.679 23
23 Myanmar 16.739 6.273 10.466 21
24 Tajikistan 14.241 6.657 7.584 28
25 Singapore 13.369 6.999 6.371 24
26 Palestine 12.318 10.498 1.820 25
27 Philippines 11.673 10.156 1.517 27
28 Maldives 11.226 4.097 7.129 26
29 Korea DPR 10.754 10.754 0.000 31
30 Turkmenistan 9.160 7.340 1.820 30
31 Kyrgyzstan 8.625 8.321 0.303 32
32 Afghanistan 7.809 7.809 0.000 29
32 Guam 7.809 7.809 0.000 34
34 Laos 5.144 3.627 1.517 33
35 Timor-Leste 5.036 5.036 0.000 39
36 Yemen 4.713 3.499 1.213 35
37 Bhutan 4.523 4.523 0.000 46
38 Pakistan 3.798 3.798 0.000 39
39 Bangladesh 3.286 3.286 0.000 37
40 Chinese Taipei 2.945 2.945 0.000 43
41 Cambodia 2.817 2.817 0.000 42
42 Brunei Darussalam 2.603 2.603 0.000 45
43 Nepal 2.176 2.176 0.000 38
44 Sri Lanka 2.091 2.091 0.000 36
45 Macau 2.048 2.048 0.000 41
46 Mongolia 0.256 0.256 0.000 44

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14 comments:

  1. Sincerly, I didn't understand how the NT points are calculated. I.e. Iran in the October 2014 ranking had 560.09 points. The instructions said the 30% of the points are taken into account but the 30% of 560.09 is 168.027.
    Probably I miss something stupid..

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  2. Looking at October 2015. Iran will have 703 points and will get 30 points (maximum) for the NT part. Other teams' NT points will be calculated like this: FIFA points * 30 / 703. Hope it makes sense.

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    1. Ok, finally I have understand now.. thank you for the explanation ;)

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  3. but club from Indonesia are banned for AFC competitions, so Singapore still have position in top that can have slot in AFC CL ???

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    1. The 2016 edition allocation has already been announced. Indonesia still have time to resolve their issues until the 2017 allocations are announced.

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  4. why cambodian league can't play in AFC Champions League?

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  5. Why does Cambodian club zero? How do you calculate? :)

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    1. Because Cambodian clubs didn't participate in AFC club competitions. Earn points, climb in the ranking and you'll get the AFC CL spots.

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  6. Mr. Ed
    please, is there any update for AFC MA ranking ?

    Regards'

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  7. I took a look at the AFC Club Ranking released by AFC on 26 November 2015. 7 KSA clubs got 329.83 points and 6 KOR clubs got 307 for 4 years. I don't know how KOR got only 61.911 for club points when KSA got 70(max).

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  8. Perhaps next week I will have an update and a detailed answer.

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  9. Hello. i'm the anonymous guy right above your last comment and i think i've come to understand now by reading some of your posts. Thank you.

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    1. That's great. You're welcome.

      Here's the promised update.

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